Onconova Therapeutics to Present at the 2023 Guggenheim Oncology Conference
02/01/2023 - 08:00 AM
NEWTOWN, Pa., Feb. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Onconova Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ONTX), (“Onconova”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing novel products for patients with cancer, today announced that the Company will be participating in the 2023 Guggenheim Oncology Conference taking place February 8-9, 2023 in New York City.
Steven Fruchtman, M.D., President & CEO of Onconova, will participate in a fireside chat on February 8, 2023, at 10:45 a.m. ET. A webcast of the fireside chat will be available here . Following the presentation, a replay will be archived on the “Corporate Events and Presentations ” section of the Onconova website.
The Company will also be participating in 1x1 investor meetings at the conference on February 8 and 9, 2023. Meetings can be requested via Guggenheim.
About Onconova Therapeutics
Onconova Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing novel products for patients with cancer. The Company has proprietary targeted anti-cancer agents designed to disrupt specific cellular pathways that are important for cancer cell proliferation.
Onconova’s novel, proprietary multi-kinase inhibitor narazaciclib (formerly ON 123300) is being evaluated in two separate and complementary Phase 1 dose-escalation and expansion studies. These trials are currently underway in the United States and China. Based on preclinical and clinical studies of CDK 4/6 inhibitors, Onconova is also planning a combination trial of narazaciclib with estrogen blockade in advanced endometrial cancer, as well as its clinical study in additional indications.
Onconova’s product candidate rigosertib is being studied in multiple investigator-sponsored studies, including a dose-escalation and expansion Phase 1/2a study of oral rigosertib in combination with nivolumab in patients with KRAS+ non-small cell lung cancer, and a Phase 2 program evaluating rigosertib monotherapy in advanced squamous cell carcinoma complicating recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.
For more information, please visit www.onconova.com .
Company Contact:https://www.onconova.com/contact/
Investor Contact: bmackle@lifesciadvisors.com
Onconova Therapeutics Inc
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Health Technology, Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing
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Newtown
About ONTX
onconova therapeutics, inc. (nasdaq: ontx) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing novel small molecule drug candidates to treat cancer. using a proprietary chemistry platform, onconova has created an extensive library of targeted anti-cancer agents designed to work against specific cellular pathways that are important in cancer cells, while causing minimal damage to normal cells. onconova has three product candidates in clinical trials and six active pre-clinical programs. onconova seeks to develop products that improve the outcome for cancer patients by directly addressing the disease, its recurrence, and the burden of side-effects associated with current methods of treatment.
